CVE-2019-8452 Privilege escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows
Local attackers can exploit hard links to modify file permissions, gaining unauthorized access to restricted files and escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-8452?
CVE-2019-8452 is a high-severity vulnerability in Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows, published on 22 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A hard-link created from log file archive of Check Point ZoneAlarm up to 15.4.062 or Check Point Endpoint Security client for Windows before E80.96 to any file on the system will get its permission changed so that all users can access that linked file. Doing this on files with limited access gains the local attacker higher privileges to the file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8452?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Checkpoint Endpoint Security, Checkpoint Zonealarm.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8452?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-8452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-8452 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8452 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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- CVE-2023-28134 Local Privliege Escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security Remediation Service
- CVE-2023-28133 Privilege escalation in Harmony Endpoint.
- CVE-2022-23742 Path traversal in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows
- CVE-2021-30360 Privilege escalation in Check Point Remote Access Client
- CVE-2020-6021 Privilege escalation in Check Point Endpoint Security Client for Windows
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5prc-43fj-m4f2.